A ten-day NCC joint annual training camp has been organised at the Indira Gandhi Agriculture University. Camp commandant Col Nathawat said that the main objective of this camp was to develop qualities like unity, discipline, leadership capability and personality development, so that each cadet could gladly face any difficulty in their selected work in the future and become an ideal citizen of the country.
Besides lecture, sports and drill, the cadets have been imparted training in arms, map reading, firing, tent pitching, reading degree on compass, opening and resetting of firearms and map setting subjects. In the camp, in addition to NCC training, the cadets have been provided opportunity to participate in different competitions such as general knowledge, essay competition, 100 and 200 metre race, group dance, group song, solo dance and the like. Joint annual training camp would be concluding on November 15.
Under the 5CG CTI NCC unit, total 329 student cadets of Chhattisgarh University, NIT, Science College, Gujarati School, Shaheed Smarak, Khalsa School, Sapre School, troupe No 301, 302 and 303 of Government school, 7 CG Battalion NCC, 28 CG Battalion NCC, 8CG Company NCC, 37 CG Girls NCC, 1CG Naval unit, 27 CG Battalion, 8CG Girls Battalion, 1 CG Girls Battalion and 3 CG Air Wing NCC are participating in the camp.
To participate in the NCC parade to be organised in New Delhi on the occasion of Republic Day, 72 cadets after taking training in this camp, have proceeded to Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.
Besides, deputy camp commandant Commander AK Namdev, NCC officer of Agriculture University Major Dr GK Shrivastava, first officer of 5 CG CTI MK Bhanjal, first officer RA Pandey, second officer CM Patel, camp Subedar Sanjay Dokne, camp training NCO Harish Mane, havaldars Atar Singh, M Mahaboob Ali, Ram Pratap and Sanjay Kumar and JCO and PI staff of other battalions gave guidelines to the cadets in the successful
organisation of the camp.